Abstract
Work-life balance has been considered as important component in individual life. Today in order to attract and retain their employees organizations are considering work-life balance as their prime concern. The main purpose of this study is to examine the work-life balance of working fathers in Kathmandu Valley. This study followed descriptive method of data analysis and 405 samples were collected with the help of non-probability sampling method. Further, the study revealed that satisfaction and motivation are considered to be key factors that help to maintain work-life balance. However unhelpful attitude of colleagues is found to be major reason creating work-life unbalance. 77.03% working fathers stated that they face challenge in maintaining work-life balance. This, it is recommended that by maintaining structural consistency in the workplace challenges of work-life can be mitigated up to certain extent. These findings will have implication at organizational level. The study concluded that high level stress, unsupportive relationships, unrealistic demands, unhelpful attitude and lack of control were found to be major challenges for maintaining work-life balance.
Highlights
Work-life balance is a global phenomenon which has always been an important issue because of its significant influence towards job satisfaction, time management, stress management and other significant aspects of day to day life of human beings (Pathak, 2015)
Being the capital city of Nepal and one of the only regions which accumulates highest concentration of population (Adhikari et al, 2021), conducting a research on work-life balance of working fathers involved in small business enterprises in Kathmandu gives better and more factual results
This study revealed majority (32.84%) of working fathers falls in the age group of 31-40 years
Summary
Work-life balance is a global phenomenon which has always been an important issue because of its significant influence towards job satisfaction, time management, stress management and other significant aspects of day to day life of human beings (Pathak, 2015). Poor work-life balance has various negative impacts on the workplace viz. Achieving the harmony between work and personal life is significantly important from both the employer and employee perspective (Mušura et al, 2013). As a strong connection exists between work-family balance and overall job satisfaction, the balance between these two is critical to any working person (Rocereto et al, 2011). Competing on work as well as family commitments have a negative impact on employees which
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